Cuff-fastener.



C. HOLL.

CUFF FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 18, 1915.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Attest: I 96044, 7 Inventor: 4mm) by flwW/K 6M 7 Art COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH co., WASHINGTON. 17. C.

' buttons is restricted to such UNITED STATES PATENT ion.

CHARLES HOLL, or STRASSBURG, ALSACE, GERM NY.

OUFF-FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HoLL, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Strassburg, Alsace, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a fastening device for cuffs and the like and its novelty consists in the construction and adaptation of the parts, as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

A fastening device. for cuffs comprising an ornamental button at one end and a bridge and a similar button, which may or may not be ornamental, at the opposite end of the bridge, and which bridge is adapted to be passed through the button holes of a cuff and to remain within the angle formed by the free ends thereof, are common. Such a bridge may be rigid, straight or curved, or may be composed of links, but in any case, the sizeof at least one of the ornamental dimensions that it will readily pass through the button hole of the cuff with which it is to be used. This requirement prevents the use of two ornamental buttons when both are too large to pass through the button hole of the cuff, unless some means is provided by which the bridge may be separated in parts and these separate parts are detached from the cuff. When, however, such a bridge is made detachable, it is apt to become accidentally detached and the ornamental buttons are apt to be lost.

The purpose of my invention is to make a fastener for cuffs and the like which will have a rigid bridge and permit of the use of two ornamental buttons and which, at the same time, will be safe and contain no separable members.

, In the drawing, there is illustrated a preferred form of device in which the invention is embodied.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a cuff, showing the manner of placing the fastener, as worn by a user. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the plane of theline 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section substantially at right angles to the section plane of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a detail, showing a modified form of button hole available for use with my improved fastener and Fig 5 is a perspective of a modified form of the fastener showing how the ornamental button Specification of Letters Patent.

.inember of my improved fastener.

holes of the cuff and indicated Patented Dec. '2', 1915.

Application filed March 18, 1915. Serial No. 15,154.

may be made integral with other parts of the device.

In the drawings, 9. represents the bridge It is preferably bent at such an angle that its two legs 3 and conform in directions to the direction of the two sides of the cuff when folded into wearable position, as shown in Fig. 2. i

5 and 6 are'two prongs secured to or made integral with the bridge member 2 and curved inwardly at 7 and 8 from the ends ofthis bridge member toward each other in opposite directions so that their terminals are outside of a plane arranged substantially at a right angle to the plane which bisects the angle of the cuff sides when in position. This construction is preferred because it enables the prongs to pass each other freely when they are inserted through the button which button holes are at 9. It will be observed (see'Fig. 2) that these two prongs lie generally speaking, in the same verticalplane and with the bridge member constitute a triangle, partly encircling and partly traversing the ends of the cuffs when in position. At the juncture of' each prong and the terminal of the bridge member on each side of the cuff memher, there is arranged a button, or other suitable ornamentation as indicated at 10 and 11, and which button or ornamentation may or may not be larger than of a size sufficient to pass freely through the button holes, thus giving the liberty to use ornamental buttons of different sizes.

In Fig. 4 there is shown a modified form of. button hole indicated at 13, that is, the

button hole may by appropriate groups of threads and need not consist of the ordinary long slit with bar stitching at each end, such as is used in the art.

In Fig. 5, there is shown a modified form of the fastener device in which the metal of the bridge member is shown as convoluted and curved into an ornamental form inclicated at 14, 14 and is then continued, to form the two prong members 5 and 6. The convolutions of the metal constitute in this case, the ornamental button member of the fastener.

The method of inserting the fastener in place is as follows: The fastener being held in the position shown in Fig. 3, one of the ends of the cuff is inserted into the spaces -with the greatest ease and rapidity,

between the two prongs and one of the prongs is then inserted into one of the button holes of the-cufi. In the same manner, the button hole at the other end of the cuff V is brought between the two prongs 5 and 6 and the second prong is inserted into its lost.

i What I claim is:-

l. A fastening device for a cuff comprising two prongs adapted to pass through the button holes of the cuff, and curved inwardly away from each other, two heads .associated with said prongs and a bridge adapted to connect the heads outside of the V 2. A fastening device for a cuff comprising two prongs adapted to pass through the button holes of the cuff, and curved inwardly away from each other, two heads or removed associated with said prongs and a bridge adapted to connectthe heads outside of the cuff, and which is bent at an angle conforming generally to the inclination of the sides of the cuff when worn.

3. A fastener for cuffs comprising a bridge and two prongs projecting from the ends thereof toward each other and curved in opposite directions, said prongs arranged to terminate in a plane at right'angles to the plane of the bridge.

4-. A fastener for cuffs comprising a bridge and two prongs pro ect1ng from the ends thereof toward each other and curved in opposite directions from the plane of said brldge.

5; A fastener for cuffs comprising a bridge and two prongs projecting from the ends thereof toward each other and curved in opposite directions and each passing beyond the termination of the opposite prong.

In testimony whereof I aifiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HOLL.

Witnesses LUTIS TAMAI, DIEGO Munoz.

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